Implementing SDGs in higher education by embedding sustainability across teaching, research, operations and community outreach.

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Teaching with Purpose, Mapping for Impact!

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Vision

SDG4U’s key priority is to stimulate innovative learning and teaching practices through engaging SDGs to transformative education and sustainability practices in universities. The project activities will enable access to knowledge and skills required for understanding and promoting sustainable development, through formal education, life-long learning programs and initiatives with emphasis on promoting equality, on developing a culture of peace, non-violence and fairness at all levels.

Mission

To cultivate a sustainable organizational culture based on transparency and mutual support
To promote sustainability citizenship amongst faculty, student and staff population
To help initiate Green Campus programs, research informed and practice focused
To develop initiatives on SDG mapping and standardization of good practices
To educate students in practical implementations on SDGs
To shape modules and create pedagogical materials for students and SDG facilitators
To promote initiatives for advancing sustainability of universities
To raise public awareness
To empower and implement transformative learning and experience

 

Expected Results

Online SDGs Mapping Tool

Development of an online SDGs mapping tool using initiatives that can be standardized as good practices and used to enhance knowledge, perception, behavioral change, and policy making on SDGs.

Mapping Process

Implementation of the mapping tool across partner institutions and data collection on modules/courses, research, practices and policies interating SGDs or in accordance with them.

Design of new modules/courses

The design of new academic modules/courses developed as individual or joined programs. Institutions will be able to choose modules/courses that focus on specific SDGs.

Seminar on SDGs

The development of LLL interdisciplinary seminars on SDGs fostering understanding across sciences and relationships of cooperation and knowledge transfer between institutions.

Proposing initiatives

Proposing initiatives for advancing sustainability of universities. The outcomes will help institution design SDG friendly strategy that will have an impact to the sustainability of participating organizations.

Raise awareness

A promotion plan of all expected results will be developed and implemented to reach target groups and the public, to raise awareness on the relevance of developing sustainable practices and culture.

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News

Sustainability in Higher Education: the SDG4U project collects inspiring cases and maps courses at European universities promoting SDGs.

The SDG4U project – Engaging SDGs for Transformative Education and Enhanced Sustainability in Universities – kicked off in February 2023 with the main objective of stimulating innovative learning and teaching practices embedding SDGs into transformative education, and promoting sustainability practices in universities.   The consortium, consisting of the National and

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The SDG4U Mapping Tool is now online!

SDG4U – Engaging SDGs for Transformative Education and Enhanced Sustainability in Universities is a cooperation partnership project that spans over 3 years (2022-2025). The project consortium is composed by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Coordinator), the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, the University College Cork – National University of Ireland, the University

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Launch of a new strategic project on Sustainability in Universities!

The pursuit of the sustainable development objectives set out in the 2030 Agenda is a common goal for European Institutions, in particular for higher education institutions whose mission is training young people and promoting civic education of future leaders, entrepreneurs and citizens of the world. A new cooperation project funded under

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